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Metadata or "data about data" describes the content,
quality, condition, and other characteristics of data.
Metadata are used to organize and maintain investments
in data, to provide information to data catalogs and
clearinghouses, and to aid data transfers. The Federal
Geographic Data Committee approved the Content Standard
for Digital Geospatial Metadata on June 8, 1994. Since
that time, many organizations within and outside of the
Federal Government have adopted the FGDC metadata
standard and are using automated indexing and serving
mechanisms to provide access to their holdings through
the Internet.
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NWI standard metadata text for NWI quad data. For
shapefiles, ARC data, or personal geodatabases quad data
information such as citation for publication,
description of maps, purpose of mapping, constraints on
data use, consistency, completeness, scale, contributing
data sources, datum, etc. For standard metadata for the
Wetlands Mapper,
click here.
- NWI Maps Database Search Form*. For quad-specific
metadata that includes information such as the date of
the photography, type of photography (ex: black and
white), the date the map was produced, and whether the
map is draft, final, or has been digitized. Quadrangles
that are not in the database have not been mapped.
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This search form is no longer available. Visit the
Wetlands Mapper to find available data maps in your
area of interest. Areas shown as scanned and non-digital
have paper maps available through Cooperator-run
Distribution Centers.
- For more information about metadata, go to the
FGDC Clearinghouse.
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